Reversible gar-seat



(No Model.)

J. LEMMAN.

REVERSIBLE CAR SEAT.

Patented Jan. 26, 1886.

WITNESSES INYENTOR UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN LEMMAN, OF WAKEFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

REVERSIBLE CAR-S EAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,957, dated January26, 1886.

Application filed August 10, 1885. Serial No. 173,974. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN LEMMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Wakefield, in the county of Middlesex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inReversible Car-Seats;

. and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to that type of carsettees in which thereversible back is so combined with the seat that the latter is tiltedback a little in either position of the back.

Myimprovement consists in suspending the seat from crank-pins on thestriker-arms of the back by standards rigidly secured to the seat, andgoverning the movement and adj ustment of theseat by fixed guide-pinsand guides therefor.

In order that my invention may be clearly understood, I have illustratedin the annexed drawing, and will proceed to describe a practical formthereof.

In the annexed drawing, which represents a cross-section of a car setteeembodying my invention, A refers to one of the end frames of acar-settee, O to one of the striker-arms of the reversible back B, and Dto the tiltingseat. The back is pivoted in the usual manner to the endframes ata by its striker-arms, which lie on one or the other of therests a a to support the back.

The seatis provided at each end witha fixed standard, E, the upper endof which is pivoted to a crank-pin, c, on the adjacent striker-arm. Inorder that the seat thus suspended from the crank-pins of thestriker-arms may be tilted and held in a tilted position, I provide eachend frame, about vertically below the pivotal point a of thestriker-arm,\vith a fixed guidepin, E. which projects into a verticalguide slot shown as formed in a clip, (1, secured to the end bar of theseat, but which guide-slot maybe formed in the end bar of the seatitself.v

The guide-pins and upper ends of the guideslots are so locatedrelatively to each other and to the crank-pins on the striker-arms thatthe upper ends of said guide slots will become seated against theguide-pins a little before the striker-arms strike rests a in reversingthe back, so that during the latter portion of such reversal the seatwill be turned on said guide-pins and tilted. The end frames may beprovided with fixed stops a a", below the seat, so located that thetilted-down side of the seat may find a rest on such stops.

It is obvious that by making the guide-pins adjustable the degree ofinclination of the seat may bechanged to suit by proper adjustment ofsuch guidepins. It is obvious, also, that any suitable form of guidesand guide-pins other than those shown and described may be used, andthat their positions may be reversed.

I claim as my invention- The combination, substantially as before setforth, of the reversible back, the striker-arms of which are providedwith crank-pins, the seat suspended from said crank-pins by standardsrigidly secured to such seat, the guidepins, and the guides for saidguide-pins.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN LEMMAN.

Witnesses: I

CHESTER W. EATON, WILL E. EATON.

